Bettye Lane has been a working photjournalist for 30 years (1965-1995) with press credentials. Her primary focus has been documenting the human condition and human rights such as equality for women, gay and lesbian civil rights, the anti war movement of the 60's and 70's, anti nuclear and environmental issues, African American civil rights, various ethnic groups, the aged, poverty and the homeless.
The images that represent women's rights are quite extensive starting in 1970. This collection includes marches, protests, conferences, ERA, pro choice and anti choice, lesbian rights, "firsts for women" who now hold jobs and professions once held only by men such as first women cadets and graduates of West Point and other military 
academies, first woman in space, recognition for women in sports and women in the arts. Other women's issues in her collection include equal rights in employment and education, older women's issues, health, marriage and divorce, homelessness, battered women and safe houses, anti rape and violence against women.
Also included in this collection are well known feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Ella Baker and more.
Her collection includes very different subject matter other than civil rights including jazz musicians, Ellis Island before and after it's reconstruction, art and architecture and the shooting of Joe Columbo. Notables include Jackie Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Nixon, Timothy Leary, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Henry Kissinger, Cary Grant, and many more.
Bettye Lane's photographs have been published in over 70 books, magazines and newspapers both in the United States and abroad. Her work has been shown in 64 films that include TV documentaries and docu-dramas, videos including music videos. This work has been shown on national and international television.
Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries both in the United States and in Europe. Exhibits of note include The Paulau de la Virriena in Barcelona, Spain, The Berlin Academy of Arts in Germany, The United Nations, The Women's Museum/Smithsonian Institution in Dallas, Texas and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. A group exhibit now in progress titled: "For Which it Stands" The American Flag in Social Protest will open in 2002 in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Many of Ms. Lane's photographs are permanently housed in the archives of The Smithsonian Institution, The United Nations, Duke University, The Schlessinger Library on the History of Women/Radcliffe College, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Library of Congress, Washington DC.
A complete working biography and picture list is available upon request.
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Bettye Lane may be contacted at photojournal70@aol.com
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